[wdmaudiodev] Re: Device icons again...
- From: Eugene Muzychenko <eugene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Frank Yerrace <wdmaudiodev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 13:51:33 +0700
Hello Frank,
> The history and reason behind this design decision is that, back
> when this work was first done (I believe Vista timeframe)
> empirically we found that the names returned by drivers for speakers
> were very odd and unfriendly.
The problem is not only in endpoint names. Windows works with
speaker-type nodes a different way than with line-type ones. For
example, channel configuration button in audio properties applet is
enabled only for speaker-type nodes. In addition, there are some
differences in stream processing, channel mapping etc.
So if a driver can provide its own name for the output node, it cannot
do it without losing some device functions and decreasing
compatibility.
Regards,
Eugene
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